A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Port Angeles that had been on a training run was redirected to the scene and its crew spotted the 10-foot fiberglass dinghy, said Petty Officer Jordan Akiyama. It directed a rendezvous between it and the 45-foot Coast Guard boat.

The teenage boy and girl were brought aboard shortly after 8 p.m., transferred to the Bainbridge fire boat and delivered to a waiting ambulance at Fort Ward Park for medical evaluation, according to a Bainbridge Fire news release. They were taken to Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton for further evaluation and treatment of hypothermia.

The fire department estimated the teens had been adrift for five hours after leaving the Rocky Point area of Bremerton.

The dingy, which had 75 gallons of water in it, was towed to Eagle Harbor by the Bainbridge Fire boat.